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Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa 2.104.13

Ayodhyā Kāṇḍa, sarga 104: Bharata receives Rāma’s sandals. Rāma steps into the gold-adorned sandals and returns them, Bharata circles him and prepares to depart

In the sequence: Bharata makes one more appeal, saying the people look to Rāma and that he cannot protect the Kingdom alone

2.104.13

idaṃ rājyaṃ mahāprājña sthāpaya pratipadya hi
śaktimān asi kākutstha lokasya paripālane

Take up and establish this kingdom, O greatly wise one; you are capable, O Kākutstha, of protecting the world.

Words: idaṃ — this; rājyaṃ — kingdom; mahāprājña — O greatly wise; sthāpaya — establish; pratipadya — having taken up; hi — indeed; śaktimān — capable; asi — you are; kākutstha — O Kākutstha; lokasya — of the world; paripālane — in protecting

Composed by Maharṣi Vālmīki, the ādikavi of the ādikāvya: the first poet of the first poem. Sanskrit: The Vālmīki-Rāmāyaṇa: Critical Edition, Oriental Institute, Baroda, 1960–1975 (gen. eds. G. H. Bhatt, U. P. Shah); IAST from GRETIL (Göttingen). Translation and word glosses: Claude Opus 4.6–4.7; summaries and sequences: ChatGPT Astra (machine-made). Numbering follows the Critical Edition, not the vulgate (e.g. Gita Press, valmikiramayan.net), so sarga and verse numbers can differ from those editions.